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Biden says he’d be ‘comfortable’ with Israel scrapping ground op reportedly planned in Lebanon [1]

['Michael Bachner', 'Jacob Magid', 'Toi Staff', 'Emanuel Fabian', 'Lazar Berman', 'Gianluca Pacchiani', 'Joshua Davidovich', 'Sylvie Corbet', 'Nicolas Vaux-Montagny']

Date: 2024-10

Asked by reporters if he’s comfortable with reports and remarks that indicate Israel is preparing to imminently launch a limited ground incursion into Lebanon, US President Joe Biden responds: “I’m more aware than you might know and I’m comfortable with them stopping. We should have a ceasefire now.”

President Biden on #Israel on a question about #Israel planning an imminent ground operation in #Lebanon: “I am more aware than you might know, and I’m comfortable with them stopping. We should have a ceasefire now” pic.twitter.com/tfxtcHobWL — Middle East and North Africa Breaking News (@MENA_BRKNews) September 30, 2024

Note: A previous version of this report erroneously quoted Biden as saying, “I’m more worried than you might know.”

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[1] Url: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/biden-im-more-worried-than-you-might-know-about-idea-of-israeli-ground-op-in-lebanon/

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